The Police IndexStop data: 2024 · Pay and hiring checked Nov 2026
What the job looks like at Taft Police
1,022 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 10pm to 11pmKern County
Taft Police is the police department for the city of Taft, in Kern County. This page shows what its officers spend their time on, from the stops the department reported to the state for 2024.
People stopped
About 3 a day
1,022 people in 2024. A stop is a detention or search, so calls with no detention are not counted. Most common reason: red light, stop sign or traffic sign, 21%.
The main reason recorded for each of 1,022 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.
When the work happens
28% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.
Taft Police
Kern County average
12am3am6am9am12pm3pm6pm9pm
Darker means a larger share of stops in that hour.
How the work is done
Each dot is a department in Kern County. Taft Police is highlighted.
On foot35% 3rd of 12 in Kern County
0%20%40%
For a traffic violation62% 10th of 12 in Kern County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service24% 3rd of 12 in Kern County
0%20%40%
Person perceived as unhoused1% 5th of 12 in Kern County
0%20%40%
How stops end
Verbal warning34% 10th of 12 in Kern County
0%20%40%60%80%
Citation12% 10th of 12 in Kern County
0%20%40%60%
Arrest41% 1st of 12 in Kern County
0%20%40%
Psychiatric hold0% 10th of 12 in Kern County
0%20%40%
One person can have more than one outcome, so these do not add to 100%.
Searches and handcuffs
Person searched43% 1st of 12 in Kern County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed39% 2nd of 12 in Kern County
0%20%40%
This page covers the work only. Pay, hiring steps and test rules for this department are not on the site yet. Agencies differ in how consistently they record handcuffing and searches, so small gaps may not be real.